After the pioneering implementation of Closed Captions (full subtitling of dialogue as well as other important sounds) within a mainstream game, Valve are looking into incorporating a character who uses sign-language. The possibilities are huge. Reasons to be cheerful, 1,…
Category: Deaf Gamers
The Escapist: The Silent Majority
“It’s not that hard to understand the plight of the deaf gamer – just try playing Dead Space with the sound turned off. EA’s new sci-fi horror game is a showcase for big-budget production values, seething with smoky atmosphere and…
Ubisoft
It seems as though Ubisoft’s grand gesture to game accessibility stretches as far as adding basic text subtitles to future games. This is a good but very basic step. A little more appreciation of “The Sound Alternative” would have been…
Ubisoft Commits To Include Subtitles In Future Products
Ubisoft have started to listen to the deaf-community struggling with their games for want of some subtitles. Scanning through the comments over at Kotaku gives an idea of the problems gamers have had – and also some of the ignorance…